CVE-2018-13863

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Published 2018-09-17 · Modified 2023-11-08

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CVSS v3

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CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

CVSS v4 NEW

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not yet in upstream

VIR risk

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Description

The MongoDB bson JavaScript module (also known as js-bson) versions 0.5.0 to 1.0.x before 1.0.5 is vulnerable to a Regular Expression Denial of Service (ReDoS) in lib/bson/decimal128.js. The flaw is triggered when the Decimal128.fromString() function is called to parse a long untrusted string.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood

30%

Patch ETA

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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

No mitigations published for this CVE yet.

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OS impact

Debian Fixed 2 releases

Version	Status	Fixed in
bullseye	Fixed	`3.1.10+~3.1.9-1`
bookworm	Fixed	`3.1.10+~3.1.9-1`

Package impact

Ecosystem	Package	Vulnerable	Fixed
npm	bson	`>=0.5.0,<1.0.5`	`1.0.5`

References

Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.